Category: RANKINGS

I have been playing fantasy baseball for 19 years now. For research I started out buying fantasy magazines, usually USA Today or some other random publication. I’d scour endlessly over the page reading the articles, studying the depth charts of each team, reviewing the rookies that could potentially come up, Read more

Each week, the Assembly will put together their positional rankings for keeper leagues. We are looking at player values for 2014, 2015 and 2016. These rankings are more of a middle ground between Jim’s 2014 Rankings and Peter’s Dynasty Rankings, which represent the next 5-7 years. For your standard keeper Read more

Owners in dynasty leagues, while playing in a league that fosters the idea of building for the future, also have to play to win today. Starting pitching is often a great trade tool, both for dealing off to add chips for today and for targeting to land a future ace Read more

When it comes to pitching prospects, I look for improving strikeout and walk rates, as well as a general skills improvement with each step up the ladder. FanGraphs finally has some data for minor leaguers that are helpful in evaluating performance, such as BABIP, LOB%, and FIP — these stats Read more

There are all different draft strategies when it comes to starting pitchers. Some people draft a few big guns in the first five rounds and then a few more in the next 5 rounds to give them a dominant staff. Others may draft one early and then get one every Read more

Each week, the Assembly will put together their positional rankings for keeper leagues. We are looking at player values for 2014, 2015 and 2016. These rankings are more of a middle ground between Jim’s 2014 Rankings and Paul’s Dynasty Rankings, which represent the next 5-7 years. For your standard keeper Read more

Recently I covered the top 74 outfielders for 2014, but upon its completion the list seemed to be lacking something. Then it occurred to me, I listed the players but I did not specify what spot in the outfield each player occupied. For most of us this does not matter, Read more

Welcome to our series of Dynasty League Rankings. These rankings will be a little different from the keeper league rankings, and obviously the 2014 rankings. For this series, we’ll be looking at the next 5-7 years of production. There won’t be a lot of minor league players in these rankings, Read more

There is an incredible amount of elite talent in the major leagues, as well as in the minors right now. I tried, with this list, to look at who would be the best from both groups over the next 7 years, based on major league production. So, for example, while Read more

A quick glance around the outfields of MLB teams shows a truly amazing and diverse crop of talented young players. Mike Trout of the Anaheim Angels burst onto the scene and has made his way to the front of line in terms of top overall fantasy player.

Building a winning fantasy team is like building a good hearty sandwich. First and Third base would be the bread. You don’t want some cheap white wonder bread if you’re going to make a good sandwich, you want something with taste, something filling and something that’s not going to fall Read more

Each week, the Assembly will put together their positional rankings for keeper leagues. We are looking at player values for 2014, 2015 and 2016. These rankings are more of a middle ground between Jim’s 2014 Rankings and Peter’s Dynasty Rankings, which represent the next 5-7 years. For your standard keeper Read more

Here is a look at the best shortstop prospects in baseball. These are some of the best overall prospects in the game right now, which makes this unlike any of the previous positional rankings. The first five guys are easily in my top 10 overall hitting prospects. There is a Read more

Unlike other positions, there are very few Sure Things in the world of shortstops. From top to bottom the position is full of potential and pitfalls, upside players you can flip a coin on, Injury risks that can make or break your draft and average players that could either sink Read more

Each week, the Assembly will put together their positional rankings for keeper leagues. We are looking at player values for 2014, 2015 and 2016. These rankings are more of a middle ground between Jim’s 2014 Rankings and Paul’s Dynasty Rankings, which represent the next 5-7 years. For your standard keeper Read more

Welcome to our series of Dynasty League Rankings. These rankings will be a little different from the keeper league rankings, and obviously the 2014 rankings. For this series, we’ll be looking at the next 5-7 years of production. There won’t be a lot of minor league players in these rankings, Read more

Third base if full of talent, but outside of the top 10 that talent is full of question marks. You have power hitters with less than desirable batting averages, young or unestablished players with little to no major league track record, injury risks and post hype sleepers.

Each week, the Assembly will put together their positional rankings for keeper leagues. We are looking at player values for 2014, 2015 and 2016. These rankings are more of a middle ground between Jim’s 2014 Rankings and Kevin’s Dynasty Rankings, which represent the next 5-7 years. For your standard keeper Read more